It's a good time to be making movies, despite the cynicism people have about Hollywood. — Rob Morrow Copy Share Image
No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American middle class. — HL Mencken Copy Share Image
“Cynics are, in the end, only idealists with awkwardly high standards.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Monday. Given that it means "day of the moon," you'd think there'd be more butts involved.” — Wataru Watari Copy Share Image
“Life seemed to him to be a narrow cage, and her iron bars were many and dense, and there was only one… — Leonid Andreyev Copy Share Image
You're killing yourself with cynicism. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“We are all cynics now, I suppose, and even a mewling infant knows that to save a life is to make an… — Paul Hoffman Copy Share Image
Scientists have discovered that the small brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes… — Natalie Angier Copy Share Image
“He said cynicism’s self-protection, a defense mechanism used by cowards who give up on love because they’re afraid love’s given up on… — Linda Yellin Copy Share Image
Cynicism was a school in Greece - the Cynics. Diogenes is a famous Cynic. There was a strong belief in nihilism and… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
“In Paris, where raillery is so quick to throw emotion out the window, silence, in a roomful of clever people after a… — Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly Copy Share Image
“I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You're wrong, of course.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
An old body when it is loved becomes a sacred treasure; and sex itself must always, it seems to me, come to… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
The recommendation by the Arkansas Supreme Court Disciplinary Committee that President Clinton be disbarred is like a tender green shoot of integrity… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
You wouldn't know it, from some of the things I've said over the years, but I like people... I do... I like… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“For a year, Johnny lived the new, brutal truth that he was on his own. But that's the way it was. What… — John Hart Copy Share Image
Millions of small changes can be done, and through that, there can be a bigger impact because anybody can talk to another… — Eugene Hutz Copy Share Image
“If grass grows and withers, it can only mean that it is part of a greater thing, which is even more real;… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“In spite of his painful encounters with the world and its problems, Solomon does not recommend either pessimism or cynicism. Rather, he… — Warren W. Wiersbe Copy Share Image
But there's a fourth interpretation: Obama can't leave his comfort zone. No president since Woodrow Wilson has been as enamored of abstract… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
I realize that idealism is out of sync with the cynicism of our age. Skepticism has come to be synonymous with sophistication,… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
“The worst thing about a person, in your eyes, might be the best thing about that person for them in their own… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my… — José Micard Teixeira Copy Share Image
Speaking as someone who bought the party line for far too long, you would be amazed what you can believe if you… — John Cole Copy Share Image
Whereas modern cynicism brought despair about the ability of the human species to realize laudable ideals, postmodern cynicism doesn't — not because… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“I’m consciously shedding the assumption that a skeptical point of view is the most intellectually credible. Intellect does not function in opposition… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
Oh, Teddy, darling, thank you, thank you, for restoring my cynicism. I was too young to lose it. — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
You will get cynicism, and the only way to break through is keep showing people and take actions. — Judith McKenna Copy Share Image
“If you're always worried about crushing the ants beneath you... you won't be able to walk.” — Kentaro Miura Copy Share Image
